![]() In 1989, Federal Express bought the internationally-operating dedicated air freight carrier Flying Tiger Line. The company started out with 14 Dassault Falcon 20 jets and had 398 employees who sent 186 shipments to 25 US cities. Federal Express was the first transport company to deploy modern jet aircraft.Many air freight companies continue to copy the FedEx system devised by founder Smith, with couriers accepting shipments until noon, grouping them together, resorting them according to destination and putting them back on aircraft.Besides its home airport of Memphis (Tennessee), the "superhub", the company operates express delivery hubs in the USA, Canada, Latin America/Caribbean, Europe/Africa/Middle East and Asia/Pacific.In 1973, the company moved to Memphis (Tennessee), its current headquarters, and began operations there on April 17, 1973. The venerable epithet "Federal" – akin to the Federal Reserve Bank – was seen as a way of winning government contracts. ![]()
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